We hope you have found our mini blog series useful this week. Today we will be giving you common Italian phrases which will help you on your travels.

The Basics

Hello/Goodbye

Formal: Salve/Arrivederci (Sal-veh/Arri-vay-der-chee)

Informal: Ciao (for both hello and goodbye) (Chow)

Yes/No

Si/No (See/Noh)

Please/Thank you

Per favore/Gratzie (Per fa-voray/Grat-see)

Key Phrases

1. Where is the toilet?

Dove la toilette? (Do-ve lah twa-lettay?)

2. How much does it cost?

Quanto costa? (Kwanto kosta?)

3. Where is the bureau de change?

Dove posso cambiare I soldi? (Do-ve pos-so kamb-yaray ee soldee?)

4. Where can I get a taxi?

Dove posso trovare un taxi? (Do-vay posso tro-varay oon taksee?)

5. Can you recommend a good local restaurant?

Ci puo consigliare un buon ristorante locale? (Chee pwo konseel-yaray oon bwon reesto-rantay lo-kalay?)

6. A glass of red/white wine please. 

Un bicchiere di vino rosso/bianco, per favore. (Oon beek-yeray dee veeno rosso/byan-ko, por favoray.)

7. A beer, please.

Una bierra, per favore. (Oona beer-ra, por favoray.)

8. The bill, please.

Il conto, por favore. (Eel conto, por favoray.)

9. Can I pay by credit card?

Posso pagare con la carta di credito? (Pos-so pa-garay kon la karta dee kray-deeto?)

And if all else fails…

10. Excuse me, do you speak English?

Scusi, parla inglese? (Skoo-zee, parla een-gle-zeh?)

Happy holidays everyone 🙂 We hope these mini phrase guides will help you have a great time abroad!